Chatters determine the topic to be discussed each week by voting in an online poll. They mark their tweets with the hashtag #edchat, making it easy for anyone to search for the conversation, read in and contribute.

Just as Storify was created by going beyond Twitter, it encourages users to go beyond journalism, pulling from a diversity of sources, rather than using a single medium, such as a blog post, print story or a video. And, Herman says, this is just the beginning